Tbilisi, DFWatch – A fistfight broke out between two guests during live political talk show between supporter of the United National Movement and a retired colonel, turned a conservative political analyst.
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Two flights cancelled at Tbilisi airport due to pilot strike in Lufthansa
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi international airport reported two flights are postponed on Wednesday because of the pilot strike in Lufthansa.
The two affected flights were to have been carried out early Thursday morning, Tbilisi-Munich at 4.05am and Munich-Tbilisi at 5.00am.
Georia's trade turnover grew 22% Jan-Oct 2016
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign trade turnover increased by 22 percent in the first ten months of 2016, but against a background of increased import and reduced export.
The trade turnover amounted to USD 9,950 million, according to preliminary figures published
Head of Georgian Church to attend patriarch Kirill's 70th Jubilee in Moscow
Tbilisi, DFWatch – The head of Georgian Church is expected to pay a visit to Moscow in November to attend a 70-year jubilee of his Russian counterpart.
According to the Patriarchate of Georgia, Catholikos-Patriarch Ilia II was invited by the Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
Two die as car plunges into river in southwest Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two men died in a car accident in a mountainous area in the southwest of Georgia on Monday. One woman survived and was taken to hospital.
The accident happened in Keda, a municipality in the Adjara region.
The local gamgebeli
Car crash in Rustavi claims two lives
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two people died in a car accident in the Georgian town Rustavi on Wednesday.
Interpressnews reports that a Mercedes travelling at high speed crashed into lighting pole on Mshenebeli Street near Public School No 2.
Two men died on the spot.
Construction worker falls to his death in Tbilisi
TBILISI, DFWatch–A worker fell from a building at a construction site in Tbilisi on Wednesday.
He was brought to the Republican Hospital with multiple head injuries and placed in intensive care, but died later the same day.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs
Confusion over election math: Will Georgia's third party get into parliament?
TBILISI, DFWatch–There is confusion over how to interpret the results of Saturday’s election in Georgia. A CEC spokesperson said Monday that the third party Alliance of Patriots is still below the threshold, but even so, the commission will discuss if it may still be qualified with 4.998%.
Radicals object to Pope’s visit to Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–A radical Orthodox Christian group Friday protested against Pope Francis’s visit to Georgia with a small gathering of about 30 persons shouting ‘devil’, ‘cursed’ and holding posters with messages like ‘Antichrist, get out of Georgia.’
Government embarks on examining beauty salons
Tbilisi, DFwatch – Beauty salons have to formally register at the Public Registry from October 1, in order to be properly examined by the Ministry of Health in the frames of the government program aimed at eliminating Hepatitis C.